20 movies of 2010-2020s with high ratings, watching which is a nice way to spend your time
Check out this selection of good films from 2010-2020s of different genres to choose a mood-appropriate movie for the evening.
1. The King Speaks, 2010
Oscar-winning drama starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.
Plot: The Duke of York is forced to accept the throne in place of his brother. However, the future king can not speak in public – he suffers from a terrible nervous stutter. Then he decides to turn to a speech therapist with not the most traditional ways of treating the ailment.
2. Dear John, 2010
Screen adaptation of another novel by Nicholas Sparks – the author of such bestsellers as The Memory Diary , Hurry to Love , The Best in Me and others.
Plot: A young girl named Savannah and soldier John love each other and have an affectionate correspondence. Duty forces John to stay in the army after the tragic events of September 11, although he promised to return and marry Savannah. His decision distances the lovers from each other, and letters from the girl begin to come less and less often.
3. Ides of March, 2011
George Clooney and Ryan Gosling duet in the popular political drama from the creator of House of Cards .
The movie follows the campaign of a presidential candidate who has a secret that could ruin his entire career.
4. Massacre, 2011
A movie by scandalous director Roman Polanski (The Pianist, Chinatown).
Plot: Two pairs of parents have to meet to discuss the behavior of their sons who got into a fight at school.
This is the case when they started for good and ended for bad: a civilized small talk quickly turns into a real showdown.
5. One Day, 2011
A melodrama starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess about feelings carried through the years.
Plot: Emma is a romantic girl, Dexter is a playboy. After meeting for the first time at their college graduation and spending only one day together, the young people began to meet every year.
6. Hunting, 2012
Mads Mikkelsen stars in a gritty Scandinavian drama about how one lie can easily ruin a man’s reputation and life in a small town.
7. Best offer, 2012
A drama with thriller elements set amidst the rarest of art objects starring Geoffrey Rush.
Plot: Virgil Oldman is the director of an auction house who has amassed his own collection of priceless paintings from different eras. One day he is approached by a mysterious stranger with a request to sell her family’s antiques. Oldman with all the enthusiasm takes up the cause, not suspecting how it will turn out for him.
8. Genius, 2015
Colin Firth, Jude Law and Nicole Kidman star in the biopic about the uneasy friendship between writer Thomas Wolfe and Max Perkins, the talented publisher who introduced the world to such great novelists as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
9. Windy River, 2016
Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen in a crime detective based on true events.
Plot: A girl’s body is found on the Wind River Indian Reservation. An FBI agent and a local gamekeeper take on a murder investigation.
10. Tonya vs. everyone, 2017
The role of Tonya Harding is one of the best in Margot Robbie’s career. The movie is based on the true story of the scandalous American figure skater.
11. Miracle, 2017
Plot: a boy who has undergone more than one facial surgery due to a rare genetic trait must go to a regular school and encounter regular kids for the first time.
A family drama starring Julia Roberts about the difficult adjustment for children and their parents.
12. Tully, 2017
This movie with Charlize Theron is like a female version of the cult Fight Club .
Plot: A brother convinces his sister, who is exhausted with the children, to hire a night nanny and takes care of all the expenses. The nanny, named Tally, becomes the perfect helper for the tired woman. She quickly realizes that Tally is too perfect and something is wrong.
13. Arrhythmia, 2017
Melodrama with Irina Gorbacheva and Alexander Yatsenko in the lead roles.
Plot: Oleg works as an ambulance doctor and saves lives every day. Meanwhile, his own life is going downhill: his wife filed for divorce, the new boss is tightening the screws. Will Oleg be able to save his life before it finally falls apart?
14. Sisters Brothers, 2018
Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, and Jake Gyllenhaal star in a western about brothers who are outlaws named Sisters.
15. By gender, 2018
A biopic about a woman who changed the U.S. judicial system.
The plot: young attorney Ruth Ginsburg overcomes hardship and gender stereotypes on her way to becoming the Chief Justice of the United States.
16. Peanut Falcon, 2019
Dakota Johnson, Shia LaBeouf and Zach Gottzagen star in the heartwarming drama about a sudden summer adventure.
17. One more, 2020
Philosophical alcodrama starring Mads Mikkelson that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film .
Plot: teachers of history, psychology, music and physical education decide to test the theory that people from childhood suffer from a lack of alcohol in the blood, and agree to be a little drunk solely for the purpose of the experiment. But, as usual, something goes wrong.
18. Bloom Family History, 2020
Naomi Watts in a drama based on a true story.
Plot: The main character during her vacation fell from the balcony and found herself almost completely paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury. Together with her family and an injured magpie chick called Penguin, she tries to cope with the ordeal.
19. Moorish, 2020
One of the top British movies of recent years starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch. To be fair: Cumberbatch’s name is used more for attention, his screen time in this movie is quite modest.
The movie is based on the true story of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who spent more than 6 years there without charges or the possibility of a defense in court.
20. Fire, 2020
Russian picture with a good cast (Konstantin Khabensky, Ivan Yankovsky, Viktor Dobronravov, Irina Gorbacheva) and a high rating.
Plot: an experienced fire brigade instructor wanted to quit after the death of a subordinate, but instead he had to take his daughter’s boyfriend into the team and go on a dangerous mission in Karelia.
The movie includes real footage of forest fires in the Krasnoyarsk region.
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